546 Lx. MELASTOMACE^. (0. B. Clarke.) \_Anfledmm: 



3. A. divarlcatum, Triana in Trans. Linn.^ Soc. xxviii. 84, partly j 

 branchlets panicles and leaves beneath with ferruginous stellate tomentum. 

 Dissochseta anceps, JVattd. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3. xv. 70. D. palemhanica, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Svppl 317. D. glauca, Blume in Flora, 1831, p. 501. 

 Melastoma glauca, Jack in Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 15. M. polyanthmn, Benth. en 

 Wall. Cat. 4051. 



■PmANG ; Wallich, WdTeer. Malacca. ; Griffith, Maingay No. 794 ; Cummg, No. 

 '22S9.-^l)iSTEiB. Java to Philippines. 



Leaves usually 2-2^ in., oblong, acute, glabrous above or rufous stellate-tomentose 

 on the nerves; petiole ^-i in. Young caZya;-te4« densely stellate-tomentose. Shorter 

 stamens often 2, sometimes 4 or 0. Fruit less than | in. broad, finally glabrous. 



4. A. aanulatum, Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 84; branches 

 nearly glabrous but with scattered patent bristly hairs, more thickened at the 

 nodes than the other species and with a ring of dense rufous tomentum below 

 each node, leaves nearly glabrous beneath. Melastoma annulatum, TVall. Cat. 

 4056. 



PiNANo ; Porter. 



Leaves 4-6 in., glabrous, oblong, cordate at the base ; petiole |-| in., -with spread- 

 ing bristles. Panicle with spreading bristles, and rufous-tomentose. Young calyx 

 rufous-tomentose. Fruit J in. broad, ovoid, ultimately glabrous or nearly so. 



BOCBTFUX. SPECIES. 



A. AssAMicuM, C B. Clarke ; stem with coarse spreading bristles somewhat an- 

 nulated at the nodes, leaves very large short-petioled elliptic-lanceolate with spreadJDg 

 bristly hairs on the nerves beneath otherwise glabrous. 



Assam, foot of the Naga Hills, and Bhotan, Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2285). 



Branches stout. Leaves 5-7 in., very acute, cordate at the base ; petiole |--^ in., 

 densely coarsely bristly. Panicle (in fruit) terminal, large, repeatedly trichotomous ; 

 fruits very numerous (like those of Anplectrum), smooth, campanulate at the base (not 

 ripe ^ in. broad). — Flowers not seen. 



A. BAEBATDM, Triana in T'rans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 84 ; Melastoma ? barbatum. 

 Wall. Cat. 4082 from Chappedong in Martaban. 



The WaUichian example exhibits neither inflorescence, flowers nor fruit, and is 

 indeterminable. Leaves 4 in., ovate, shortly acuminated, glabrous ; petiole J in., 

 glabrous but with a dense erect fringe of rusty bristles on its upper face ; stem nearly 

 glabrous. 



16. ItXEDXM'XZ.I.A, Gemd. 



Branching shrubs, erect or scandent. Leaves opposite or whorled, entire, 

 often fleshy, glabrous in all the Indian species, usually longitudinally 3-9-nerved. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles or lateral cymes, white or rose, with or without 

 bracts, 4^ or 5- rarely 6-merous. Calyx-tube ovoid or cylindric, limb truncate or 

 obscurely toothed. Stamens twice as many as the petals, equal or nearly equal 

 (rarely unequal) ; anthers opening at the top by one pore ; connective not (or 

 very shortly) produced at the base but having two tiibercles in front and a spur 

 behind. Ovary inferior, 4-6-celled, usually glabrous at the apex ; style filiform; 

 ovules very many, placentas axile. Berry crowned by the limb of the calyx. 

 Seeds very many, ovoid or subfalcate, raphe often thickened and exciurent.— 

 DiSTKiB. Species 50; mainly in Malaya, East Bengal and Oeylon; a few are 

 found in the Fiji Archipelago and in the East African islands. 



